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Offline BumbleB

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Re: name change
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 08 December 18 17:39 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Mart 'n' Al on Saturday 08 December 18 12:31 GMT (UK)
A long time ago a young man on the verge of a record career, called Harold Dorman, decided that his name wasn't fancy enough. He stuck pins in a map of the United States, and selected two names, and became Conway Twitty. He then became one of the most successful country singers of the next 30 odd years. He even started his own theme park, Twitty City.

Majm, your relative is lucky he didn't end up being called Area Code Enquiries.

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Mr G says that his name was Harold Lloyd Jenkins !!!  BUT Conway Twitty was wonderful IMHO as I'm old - "It's only make believe"  (there isn't a smiley to represent my memories  ;D ;D)
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Re: name change
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 09 December 18 23:03 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Mart 'n' Al on Saturday 08 December 18 12:31 GMT (UK)
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Majm, your relative is lucky he didn't end up being called Area Code Enquiries.

Martin

No,  the phone books did not include Area Codes in the era when my rellie used one to select new surname ...   Trunk calls were handled by PMG Telephonistes until Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) commenced in the 1970s. :)

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Re: name change
« Reply #11 on: Monday 10 December 18 01:11 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps the dropping of Wigg was a political statement!?
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